Dana Nessel

Dana Nessel
54th Attorney General of Michigan
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
GovernorGretchen Whitmer
Preceded byBill Schuette
Personal details
Born (1969-04-19) April 19, 1969 (age 57)
West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Alanna Maguire
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(m. 2015)​
Children2
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Wayne State University (JD)
WebsiteGovernment website

Dana Michelle Nessel (born April 19, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician. She is the 54th Attorney General of Michigan since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Nessel is the second openly lesbian person elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey of Massachusetts) and the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to statewide office in Michigan. She is also the first Jew to be elected Attorney General of Michigan.

References

  1. ↑ Dana Nessel [@dananessel] (March 11, 2021). "When this gets directed to me, feels like the @RNC might be off to a rough election cycle" (Tweet). Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Gray, Kathleen (October 19, 2018). "Dana Nessel run for Michigan Attorney General: What fuels her". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 22, 2018.